HOME Family ag flying school produces pilots for a hungry world B Y J I L L W. TA L L M A N A P H O TO G R A P H Y B Y M I K E F I Z E R erial applicators. Spray pilots. Ag pilots. Most people know them as crop dusters, but most people never think about the connection between low-flying airplanes skimming farm fields and fruits and vegetables arrayed in glistening displays in grocery stores. The pilots spend long days spreading fertilizer or pesticide over thousands of acres of crops in a continuous cycle to feed a hungry world. 68 | AOPA PILOT September 2020